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Au , hull , Idaho , the forty-third state.
TillMtr. are na ninny if not more empty
Jails In Nebraska than thoroiiroin Iowa.
No K AOM : Beirccchcd , no cannon roared
In Oiniilui ycstordiiy , but the city gov
ernment still lives.
TUB tin industry of the Black Hills
must bo fostered. The entire northwest
la vitally interested in its development.
TTsi.ii s the lawyers succeed in un
earthing a fresh batch of lopftil. quibbles
the notorious Kemmlcr will bo legally
"touched oil" on August .
nKM'HiA drops from second to
third plneo in the list of American
citicH , and consoles itself with the con
ceit tluit "it is quality , not quantity , that
counts. "
TIIK efforts of the sleeping car porters
* o obtain a living salary will command
the sympathy of travelers , The public
lias grown weary of paying the employes
of tlio 1'iillman company.
TIIK local gang whoso energies are
being exerted just now "to discourage
llio iwo of money in elections" were very
busy the glorious Fourth. They had an
Original package tournament.
the star of empire takes
Its way. " The center of population ,
which in 18SO was anchored in the vi
cinity of Cincinnati , has moved west of
Lake Michigan in ten years.
GHXKUAL MILKS hurls at an unoffend
ing publiu , all the way from Texas , a
liny boomlot for the presidency. It will
bo useful as a means of political diver
sion during the coming dog days.
Nononv expected that prohibition
would work any very great change in
South D.ikota , but the open and utter
disregard for the law in the Black Hills
demands the attention of bumptunry law
makers.
DII. Dt'UYKA , the eminent Omaha dl-
vlno , indulged in very forcible language
nt the Crete Chautauqua the other day.
Ono of the strongest points ho made waste
to warn the people against voting any
law which jmblio sentiment would not
enforce.
DKMOCKATIC kickers prevented Wy
oming from celebrating independ
ence anniversary and statehood at the
Bamo time. The people will remember
the miserable meanness of the demo
cratic minority and administer a lilting
rebuke on the ilrst occasion at the ballot
TJOX.
TIIK Kansas army of constables is
waging a relentless war on original
packages In a few isolated spots. The
loss of a rich assortment of fees from
jointists nnd bootleggers intensifies
their desire for the return of the profit
able ) foiulittons prevailing1 before the
9uprcmo court decision.
IT Is refreshing to note that the prop
erty of the Pullman Palace car eomminy
Is to pay some tax into the state treas
ury. This corporation has been the most
successful tax-shirker in Nebraska as
vroll as many other states , Its rolling
Btock should not only bo liberally
taxed , but it should bo required to pay
well for the privilege of running : its cars
through the state.
MANTON MAIUIT.K emerges from ob
scurity in Knglanel long enough to ad-
vlso the democratic party to ma Ice free
coinage the i sue In 1802. This' is base
treason. Marble is one of those roml-
nlsconcos of democracy exiled to Great
Britain for the solo purpose of preach
ing free trade. That he should prove
recreant to his mission is calculated to
prove that expediency and olllco Is the
guiding principle of democracy.
Hjr the Slocumb law was first put
In force in Nebraska it was considered n.
prohibition measure by pulpit orators
mid temperance people generally. The
Eitloons opposed it and the prohibitionists
championed it. But time changes all
things. The men ivho are today advo
cating its beneficent , provisions are
liooted tit as "hirelings of the rum
power" and thoonomlua of mankind
Nothing can satisfy a fanatle , Tan BEI
prints a synopsis of this law , to whicl
tlio attention of all thinking ineu LJ dl
rectod.
AX AVPKAL TO COMMON SEXSB.
The lenders of the independent peo-
) lo's movement are making a frantic cf-
ort to keep republican farmers out of
ho republican primaries , They are do-
iborntely trying to prevent antimonopoly
ely republicans from wrenching the con-
rol of the party out of the hands of the
corporation bosses by letting the cau-
UHCS nnd primaries go by default. And
his in done in the name of tlio Farmers'
Alliance , which 1ms been organized
nnlnly to grapple with the corporations
and plnce the state in the hands of capa-
ilo and upright men who will recognize
mtl servo only one master the people.
\Vo tire told that sixteen thousand
armors have signed the enll for the In-
lepeiulent movement. Suppose that
Ifty thousand farmers and worklngmcn
should join the now people's party ; what
vould that amount to ? In the coming
election two hundred and twenty thou-
and votes will ho cast In Nebraska , and
t will take at least eighty thousand
oles to elect any man on the stale
.Ickct. What chance has the now party
o rally eighty thousand voters under ils
cra/.y-quilt platform ?
Is it Tiol manifest that the only hope
' > ebrala ) fanners have of rcdecm-
iig the state is in making their
lower felt in republican caucuses and
conventions ? The farming clement is
argely in the majority In the republi
can party and it is tlio fault of the pre > -
lucers that they have not heretofore dio-
ated every stale ticket and controlled
Btatej affairs by men of their own choice.
TIIK 13KB now makes its last appeal lo
ho republican fanners to attend the
caucuses and conventions and take con-
rol of the parly and ils machinery. If
hey allow themselves to be led astray by
unbitlous visionaries and wildcat cranks ,
vho have not the remotest idea of the
isk they incur in the new party move-
nont , they will only have themselves to
jhimo for whatever disstsler may follow.
LAXD
The general land ofllco has completed
ho work of segregating the lands sur-
oyeel under the arid land act of 1SSO.
[ "lie law practically reserved the entire
irid region until the surveys were com-
) lolod , In order to properly establish
tnd mark the areas tributary te > streams
i ml subject to irrigation. In all twelve
lundreel townships have thus been segre
gated. They are located principally in
daho and Montana , with smaller areas
n Colorado , Wyoming and Utah , ag
gregating twenty-two million acres.
Not only are the sites for res
ervoirs , ditches and canals in
cluded in those surveys , but also all
ands susceptible of irrigation by such
csorvoirs , ditches and canals. The bur-
oys are by no means completed , but the
vork already done will dolino tlio areas
vhich thcao surveys will bring within
the operations of the arid land law.
Under the decision of the altornoy
general the ariel lands ivworvcd under
the sict of 1SSO will bo subject to entry
md settlement as soon as the land olllco
> ropuros the final maps and profiles.
Several bills are pending in congress
irovlding for the modilication of
.ho law so far as it reserves
, ho land from settlement. The
act that under operation of the la\v
-wenty-two million acres will bo avail-
iblo to settlement is sutllciont to supply
ill immediate demand and render un-
icccssary a change in the act.
It is of the greatest importance that
the unsurvoyed land should be with
drawn until the government has defined
, ho boundaries of land subject to irriga-
.ion by any given stream , reservoir and
canal , und accurately elotormlned the
volume of water , sites for res
ervoirs , and other essential
details for systematizing the
reclamation of ariel lands. The tem
porary inconvenience caused by with-
iioldlng the lands Included in tlio act is
insignificant compared with the perma
nent good which will result from com
plete surveys of irrigable land and the
quantity of both land and water subject
to entry.
.as TO stu > s
The senate has entered upon the con
sideration of the bills reported from Its
committee on commoroo to "phico the
American merchant marine engaged in
foreign trade upon an equality with that
of foreign nations" and "to provide for
ocean mail sorvlcu bouvosn the United
Slalcs and foreign ports nnd lo promote
commerce. " The first of these bills pro
poses a bounty on tonnage for all
ships of a certain class , and
has the endorsement of tlio Ship
ping League association of the United
Stales. According to an cslimato of the
commissioner of navigation its Dost to
tlio public treasury for the first year
would bo about thrco million dollars ,
and for three or four years live or six
million dollars , and in the opinion of
Senator Fryo , who is an advocate of the
measure , the cost in five or six years
would bo seven or eight million dollars.
It hardly need bo said that these esti
mates tire purposely conservative and
probably very much under what the cost
would bo should the measures , If
adopted , have the effect in stimu
lating ship building which tholr advo
cates profess to bjllovo they would. Tlio
other bill is a postal subsidy measure au
thorizing the postmaster general tomako
contracts , after advertisement , with the
lowest bidder for carrying United States
malls In four classes of American vessels.
Senator Fryo said with regard to this
measure that ho had no doubt if it became -
came a law there would bo In three years
n. . line of American steamers between
Now [ Vork anil Liverpool , and
he stated that a line of four
ships under the bill would cost eight
hundred thousand dollars a year , which
ho thought reasonable.
Senator Fryo , who is the especial
champion of the subsidy projects , pre
sented the familiar arguments. Ho
claimed that the American carrying
trade was dead for the want of protec
tion and that the only remedy was in
government assistance. Unless congress
did something soon there would not bo a
line on the ocean carrying the
American Hag. In his opinion the
American carrying trade was doomed to
death unless prompt and liberal assist
ance was alTordod , und bounties and sub-
sidles wore necessary to save it from
ruinous competition.
The necessity of assisting the upbuild
ng of the American merchant marine is
admitted by all , but the granting of
iiibsidlcs will not accomplish the ends
ought. It is simply folly to grant
edoral aid to American steamship
lues while congress proposes lo Increase
ho duties on foreign goods to the full
irohlbltory point. It Is impossible to
mild up a profitable trade between this
and other nations while the doorj of the
United States are wholly barred against
.ho . products of her neighbors. Nor can
t bo expected that other nations will
eel partial toward American products ,
lor is It possible to enlarge the foreign
market unless wo show n spirit of trade
cclproclly. To grant subsidies to
steamship lines and at the same tlmo
strengthen the tariff Chinese wall
around the country is an indefensible
measure of extravagance. When this
country encourages trnelo relations with
icr neighbors by reciprocal concessions
t will bo practicable to maintain a mer
chant marine with slight ussistauco
om the government.
LL accounts agree that Governor
Illl's mission to Indiana was eminently
uccessful. Tlmo , place and circum
stances combined to give his preslden-
ial boom n tremendous boost In the land
of the Hoosior. Not only waa the ah-
i'o of Cleveland commented on to his
lisadvanta/jo / , but the organs fivoriblo :
0 Hill resurrected the halchct and in
shorud pointed out that Cleveland's cold
vnd cruel treatment of Iloiulrlcks hast
ened his demise. This significant assault
on the ox-pro.iidont was followed by
lowing tributes to the patriotism
mil democracy of Hill , and the
succeeding banquets and receptions wore
timed to keep up the enthusiasm. The
nest striking feature of the well-primed
) oem was the prominence given the
visits to Mrs. Plondricks , who , wo are
.old in triple leaded lines , seized Gov
ernor Hill by the hand and declared ,
'Governor , I hope you will got there. "
The favors shown throughout smack of'
1 determination on the part o the dem
ocratic leaders of Indiana to throw their
nlluenco to mil. Ho is a representa
tive of the spoils element , a fact which
endears him to the Iloosier , and if ho
can secure a lighting faction of the dele
gation of his own state ho fools certain
of the support of Indiana in the conven
tion of ISM.
A SMALL but vigorous earthquake
: ias shaken Hooposton , Illinois , from
stem to stern. The town prides it.self on
uho moral quality of its population. It
.B a model dry to.vn , and invariably
ilaccs in olllco men pledged to pulvor-
7.0 the rum power. In pursuance of this
loop-rooted custom , Bill Pierce was
invested with the honors and emolu
ments of mayor hist spring. . Iminedl-
iloly after his installation he announced
that ' 'the saloons must go. " There
were none in sight , however , but the
proclamation was accepted as proof of
ills vigilance. Whether the ollico was
salaried ono docs not appear. If
so the salary \vis not sulllolent to main-
Lain the dignity of the position. Tlio
mayor continued his practice as a physi
cian and padded a drug store to his
equipment. An epidemic , of inter
nal diseases spread throughout tlio town ,
and the calls on the mayor in his capac
ity of physician and druggist waxed
rich , and the shipments of willow-cov
ered jugs grow to suspicious proportions.
In an evil moment the mayor sought
to crush out a competitor
who dispensed corn juiio with
out the formality of a proscrip
tion , and he is now wrestling with an in
dictment for compounding cocktails by
the gill , pint and quart without a United
States license Meanwhile the residents
tire struggling along without their liquid
refreshments at one dollar a proscrip
tion , and the moral spinal column of the
town is wrecked beyond repair.
Tun edict has gene forth from the
headquarters of prohibitionists in Iowa
that Iho republican party must bo pun
ished. Having placed prohibition on
the statutes of the slato-anil given tlio
law a thorough trial at a cost uf millions
of dollars , the faroo must b3 continued
even though it is nouJ33ury te > slaughter
the republican'prirty. It is given out in
unmistakable tonas th it the declara
tions of the republican convention are
not satisfactory to the fanatics. They
insist on ruling -tv ruining and rofiua
the right of party alloglmco to thojo
who honestly differ on questions
of internal pulley. An inde
pendent ticket hu.3 therefore bean
decided upon ; and the third
party has already gene so far as to plic3
Candida ted in the Hold for congress.
Tills is the condition that confronts the
republicans of Iowa. The itch for otllco
Is so great among the prohibitionists
that no sacrifice ) Is too great to got there.
It furnishes all needed proof that the
mainspring , the motive power , bohlnd
llio prohibition raid is condensed In the
significant words of a loading agitator :
"Tlio only way to win is lo wreck Iho re
publican parly. "
reverend publishers of The Voice
are in trouble. They have bjan sued in
Now York by an English publishing
lioiibo for violating Iho copyright laws
or , in other words , for purloining a
book and reprinting it when they had
not Iho sllghlest right to do so , The
New York JSeenmy 1'ost calls this theft
ami has for weeks been pouring hot shot
into the camp of this wonderful advo
cate of moral reform. Its undoubted
piracy in this case is only on a par with
its loose campaign methods in this stale ,
where by imposture and misrepresenta
tion it has done more damage to Iho
cause of prohibition than it did in the
eastern stales which less than a year
ago repudiated Us publishers along with
all hired agitators of the Btuno stripe.
Go VKISNOK THAYKU , in an address at
Plalnviow on the Fourth , made use ol
the following language : "It is the duly
of republican alliance men to attend the
republican primaries and see that good
men nro selected for positions of re
sponsibility and trust. It is the duly ol
domocralic alliance members also to at
tend the primaries of their party and
help select good and Irtio men. The
farmers of Nebraska , by taking th'ia
course , can secure the election
of good and faithful representatives
of their own Interests ; they can control
the next legislature ; they can control the
selection of candidates In the state con
ventions. They-Wavo It In tholr power ,
mid If they fall 16'tako ' this course then
Iho responsibility for the failure rests
with them. " f ift governor has struck
the key-note to s'uccess ' In the coming
campaign , The farmers are demanding
certain reforms In the conduct of state
government , mid they can secure them
by adopting the atlvlco BO tersely given
above. The hnpo.i/tiineo / of effective work
tit the party primaries must bo felt on
all hands. In thorn lies the remedy and
lo igtioro them means a surrender to the
corporations whfcii control the county
machines.
TiiRelomoejracy of Pennsylvania ar
raigns the republican party "fe > r its fail
ure to fulfill its promises to honorably
discharged soldiers of the union. " In
tlio light of the fact that the democracy
In congress olMtructetl in every possible
way Iho passage of pension bills , the ac
cusation not only refutes itself , but con
victs the party of gross falsehood. No
congress has equalled the present in
lavishly providing for the soltllers of the
war nnd their dependents , and Iho laws
enacted as well as the management of
the pension ofllce , notwithstanding thu
persistent opposition of the democrat * ,
must convince every veteran of the war
that the ropuWk-an parly Is their true
friend. The 1'onnsylvanift duolarutton
is a gratuitous insult to the intelligence
of the old soldiers ,
Tun as ot-tiim that public ownership
of railroads would bo Injurious not only
to the people but to commerce , Is dis
proved by the oxporlonco of Georgia.
The state owns the Western & Atlantic
railroad , penetrating the region made
famous by Sliornvni's march to the sea ,
and luw leased the road for a term of
twenty-nine years to the Nashville ,
Chattanooga fc St. Louis company at a
monthly rantiil of Uvenly-livo thousand
dollar * . The lossoa is obi Igated to main
tain the real in first olas-i condition ,
mid charges nvo limited and subject lo
control of the htuto , thu.s insuring a
steady publiu revenue and keeping1
rates at the minimum ,
COXN-ULL , it trans
pires , introduced that freedman ptMision
bill "by request.1 In a recent interview
ho specifics with great distinctness that
an intev.stu.to domosrntiu editor who toy.s
with a paper in Oaiaha is tlie author of
this romurkiibl' ) bill. Mr. Uonnoll also
states with similar dircotne > .J3 tint the
proxy editor is not a crank , but on the
contrary id publicly considered to be of
sound mind. "With this que ionuble
view , however , the eastern press takes
pronounced issue.
Wvoaiixo has the honor of being the
first state in the union in which women
will enjoy all the' constitutional rights
and privileges of men. Thus the state
will become not only the Mecca of speculator
later and invostorjbul the haven of the
short-halrud mufcculines in skirts.
OTH13K LuYNDMTlJAXOUKS.
Tlio reports abj'it the situation of the
British ministry grow1 more serious , and U is
now sakl that a cotupluto reconstruction of
the cabinet , under which tlio liberal unionists
would ttilto tlio leading plac i , nuy bo loo'.ted
for before many ilay.i. Their c.ila nlty has
grown out of their over conlleleiico In sup-
paalii'r tint tlioy could , towards the close of
tlio session , push through , all uui'oast , three
stoutly oipo3cd [ measures of the first im-
partmcel lTlio Irish laud pure base bill ,
tlio Welsh tithes bill and the liccnsa bill. TO
every ono of these there is fanatical hostility
in some quarter.VUutcvcr the merits of the
Irish luud purchase bill and fwii the ton-
nuts' point of view it has nuny - the whole
liberal pirty , including the Parnollltos ,
wore pledged to fight It to the death , be
cause it was dwftud without consultation
with the Irish representatives , and Is to bo
executed without the supervision orco-opo-
ratloa of any local boJy. Moreover , it has
bean introduced by the Irish secretary , who
knows nothing of Ireland , and treats the
people and the country with tliu utmost scorn.
Tlio Welsh tithes bill , which is a sort of com
promise , lutciuleel by a slijj'it ' shirting of the
burden to reconcile the Welsh peonlo , who
arc nearly all dUscntcr * , to paylni for the
anp'.urt of tha Anglicra clergy , meets not
on'y ' with thu fanatlc.ll opposition of the
but that oftlia enemies of the church
nit in nil parts of the country.
Finally , thu Ucciiilng bill , which puts an in
creased lux on boar und spirits for the par-
podo of creating a fund for romntmsatln : ;
such publican } as may , for miy uauso otuur
than misconduct on tli.'ir . part , bj ivl'usod a
renewal of tluir license * , of uouno rousus the
furj ° t'10 ' tfliipjraneo 111211 of nil parties anJ
denomhmtious ,
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Of course , the tuitur.il nnil time-honored
way oatof u situation so Oiilieult is dissolu
tion. A united party woalel undoubtedly ,
under existing eii'cunHtiiiiws , dis.iolvo anil
go to the country. But the trouble is that
the torlos J know well that they would ba
loftlu ahopclo33 minority at u general clou
tion , as they were at the lust two , while the
liberal unionists liavo the stromfOJt reason ?
for bcllovinfttunt vary few of thorn would
setback to parliament now if thuy appealed
to their constituencies. Consequently all
talk of dissolution sends n shiver through
the frames of the whole antl-Gladstonlaii
ho.st , They cannot bring themselves to face
the risk of putting Gladstone back into oHicc ,
with Ills powers ot'inhchlef apparently uuell
inliilshed uiid tlio willed Irish still uusub-
eluoil. For it nnpcps from every day's
that Mr , ' . coercion lins
news Baltpar'coercion some
how not proved n success. Tlio Irish arc still
recalcitrant , mid ho Inn still every elay to Jo-
fetid in the house modes of breaking thiiir
bplrlt which pu/zlij , t'uid shock the Kiijfllsh
public. He thonglitl\hoii ho came Into ofllco
that by subjecting IhS leaders to ordinary
prison discipline ho would speedily end the
trouble , anil chuckled over it us a great dis
covery , but that se'iiatf of triumph has long
siuco passed away ( > , - ,
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In the scttlcinenjj , between England am !
Germany as to jj ? African territory , the
possession of HclU olund was taken by the
latter us an offset t'6' the protectorate of Zan
zibar. The London Economist , commenting
on tie | English opposition to tlio surrender of
Heligoland , shows conclusively that tlio bar-
gala Is enormously to the advautago of Eng
land. It may bo to the advantage of Germany
also , nnd Is evidently so considered by the
Germans , clnco It gives' ' them a naval station
In Just the place where ) they want ono to do
feud their great seaports. To Knglanel It has
only a souttmental vuluo , and In this partlcu
Inr the sentiment will not boar oloao invest
( gallon , since , us the Economist nay3tliolslane
"was stolen rather thau taken { oin Denmark
In the war of 1SOT. " Its area Is only -LW acres
being smaller thuti many single farms la tlio
United Kingdom. Jts population of-J.OOO Inhabitants -
habitants ara attached to the English rule only
because they are thus sayod from military
conscription. On the other hand , the Island
of Zanzibar In the hands of a great nnvnl
> owcr dominates the cost African coast nnd
jccomcs n most valuable connecting link be
tween Africa nnd Indln , . Moreover , u quarrSl
with Ocrinnny nt the present time , the Hcon-
omUt thinks , would probably bavo cost Eng-
and her position in Egypt. The reasons ns-
slsuod by the Economist for ratifying the
agreement with Germany are so great In com-
Darlson with the vnluo of Heligoland that
there can be little doubt that parliament will
acquiesce la it If the motion tu reject It Is over
iressed to a vote.
*
* *
Tlio comment of the ofllehil orgnn of Russia
on the situation in Bulgaria would seem to
udlcatu that Muscovite patience Is exhausted
u regard to the condition of Bulgarian af
fairs. Prince Ferdluuuil , who left his prlncl-
uiity to go to the sanitarium at Carlsbad ,
ntiy never bo ublo to return to Bulgaria ,
where the execution of Major Pnnltzu has In-
civased the number of liU enemies , liurly In
Juno the prince had n hair-breadth escape
When ho went to Inaugurate the new railroad
from Yuiuboull to Bourgus. A band of
Macedonians , former soldiers of I'unltz.vhau' '
[ ilottcd to capture Ferdinand , nnil to ex
change him for their former commander , -who
s in Jail awaiting bis fate. The conspiracy
was revealed In the nlclc of time to Stain-
lioulolT anel the prince took another train ,
I'lio renewed explosion of Kifslnu Ill-humor
nay also bo attrluuted to the fact that
Princess Clementine , the prince's
mother , went to Vienna some tlmo
igo nnd Insisted on her son's
recognition by Austria , which explains the
bitter words used by Count ICulnrlcy In his
speevh to the delegations , or Austro-Iluiiga-
Ian assembly , and against which Hussla
protested souil-oniclally , Moreover , the gov-
irinnent of the c/ar has obtaiucel ivcenlly
[ )0t'5cssion ) of n threatening note addressed by
the Sofia cabinet to the porto. It win written
U" M. Strniisliy just before his leaving the
portfolio of minister for foreign affairs , and
scut through M. Vnlltovltuli , diplomatic
igont of Huigarhi at Constantinople , wliero
110 had hastily returned from his trip to
Athens after his failure to engage { ho Greek
government In nn alUnnco with Bulgaria.
This note declared to the porto that in case
thu sultan , who Is the suzerain of Prince
Fordinand , did not recognUo him us an In
dependent sovereign , the Bulgarian govern
ment and pee > ] ilo would bo entitled to doubt
tlio alleged friendly sentiments of the porto
and would bo compelled to rely upon their
own initiative and their o\vu strength.
Mcaawhllc the Sofia cabinet was pure-busing
in Austria and Belgium arms unit ammuni
tion , which were refused transit through
Sorvln , and bad to bo sent by the Danube
and landed at Wieldin : md Kustolmk.
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The recent revolution In San Salvador Is
but another argument for the union of the
Central American states unilor u single strong
government. The googmphlnil situation , ivs
will as political and social interests , elomand
that Buc-h a union shall bo speedily effected.
Tile results of tlio Pun-American conference ,
presaging a closer commercial connection bo-
twcon our country anel the republics to the
southward , imply also u closer political silll-
niu-e of these little countries. Ity virtue of
such a union Central America would b3 u
power in any compact which might bo ina'lu '
between the republic * of tlio hemisphere.
Without union its influence woulel scarcely
bo felt. Although San Salvador is ono of the
very least of the Central American states an
unsettled state of political affairs anel revolu
tions at Intervals ofu few years can but pro
duce nn evil effect upon the entire region. It
may bo that this last overturn will , but hasten
the greatly desired end.
i"
Heligoland has for the nonce assumed an
importance ejuito out of proportion to Its area ,
which eloc.1 not exceed three-qunrtcre of u
mile. For It Is doubtful whether tlio British
house of commons will consent to ratify the
agreement of Lord Salisbury to surrender
the tiny i.slot to Germany , and in any case
the cession will form the subject of a stormy
debate at Westminster. Commanding as it
does tlio access to Hamburg and Bremen ,
Emperor William proposes to transform the
roclc into a powerful fortress at a cost of
many millions of dollars. In n letter tlatod
from Heligoland nnd published today a de
scription is given of this queer little storm-
beaten Island , where crime is unknown ,
longevity the rule , and whore the favorite
nmusumcul of tha 2,001 Inhabitants consists
in the propounding and solution of intricate
problems of mental mathematics.
*
* *
While the now constitution of Brazil pro
vides that the president of the republic shall
not bo eligible to re-election for at least ton
years uftor the expiration of his term , the rev
cent action of the Mexican congress In voliiiR
the president indefinite succession to himself ,
or , as it might be , giving him a life tenure of
oaico , appears all tlio more extraordinary by
contrast. The natural Ilrst thought Is that
BivuU proposes to keep well In advance of the
progress of free institutions , while Mexico Is
apparently falling to the rear.
It is to bo Ucptin mind , however , that the
Brazilian experiment is now nnd remains to
ln tested. The constitution is not oven
nUoptod , tlio 11 rat president under It Is
yen to bo elected. Upon the other
hand , the republican experiment in Mox-
It-o lias Imd trial. It may not liavo fulfilled
all the expectations that woru entertained of
l , -i'lel much as wo may suppose the Mexican
congress to hu under the influence of I'rosl-
elont Dhz , it is a reasonable proiumpllon that
its notion in extending the presidential term
was in great part Its free and independent
action , tnKcn with u view to what is believed
to bo the beat interests of the people.
Possibly lU-azll miy poivolvo a similar ne
cessity with tlio lapse of tlmo and ntnoud her
constitution accordingly.but conditions In
Mexico are peculiar to that country , and it is
by thorn that the expediency of tlio new pol
icy is to bo judged. A rule that might apply
in Mexico would certainly not apply in the
United States , nnil it is to l > o hoped will not
liavo to bo nppllcd in Inull. )
The Tjcnvuii of K-liicntlou.
M. / > ml < Glttiie-nemticrat ,
The frantic appeals of the Alabama ,
Georgia , South Carolina anel Tennessee bourbons
bens for "harmony" within their party show
that the public school system below the old
line of Mason and Dlxon is beginning to
Justify Its existence.
Can't lie Made ) Worse.
Cleveland Jsitilcr.
Wo are of the opinion that "tho liberties of
the people" of the south , so far as the elec
tions are concerned , will ho quite as safe in
the hands of ofllcinls appointed by the federal
government as In tlio.io of the assassins , bull
dozers and ballot box stuffers who have run
things of late.
Aelvlco Hint Should liu Followed.
A mistaken view of traelo nnd a narrow
minded policy liavo kept us from being nius
tcrs of the Spanish-American trade. Secre
tary Illalno sees the error nnd ho would huvo
his countrymen take a now nnd profitable de
parture. This advice Is sound and should bo
followed.
_ _
Another Convert
Tfaiuuu Cltu Tlmit.
Judge Foster appears to bo another Kansnn
who beliovw that a court decision is good law.
A few mow costly knockouts may drive this
truth Into oven the dense Intelligences of At
torney General ICcllogg anil his subordinates ,
Moamvhllo their antics are robbing the tax-
payers.
FROM TEE STATE CAPITAL
The Pcoplo of Lincoln Obsarvo the National
Holiday in a Quiet Manner.
MANY RESIDENCES PRETTILY DECORATED
lluslncsg Jtcn Close Their Vlnecs mid
Mpend tlio Day nt ( lit ; 1'ixrks
nnel Other Jlcsorts City
News
L.1XCOI.N' , Neb. , .Tuly 4. [ Special to THE
nnn.J Fourth of July was nvory quiet day
In Lincoln , Many of the private residences
were prettily adorncel with umitliiir , but very
few business houses were decorated , und ,
luul It not been for the oocniinnnl startling
explosion of u llreiTacltor , the day would
have seemcel more HUe Sunday thnn the
usual noisy and demonstrative anniversary
of American independence. Tlio merchants
merely celebrated the day by closing their
stores and rushing off 'to the bull grounds or
by IlllliiR enormous basltets with toothsome
viands nnd taking their families to the cool
retreats of the various yirh.s ,
By fur tlio gro.itor niunhor of persons
tlockcel taCuslmiunnnrkvherottie , princi
pal iitlructlimsworo u tight-rope performer
and a trained bear. The prohibitionists
pre-empted Glciuvooil park , which wni
opened today for tlio first time , nnd they
i.wsed tlieduy liste'iilng to Intemperate ele-
nuncintioni of mi-u who elurodrink u glass of
beer and singing songttln tlio s.uno' . strain
about "Uriviun Out Ivlii Alcohol. "
A numher of families tratlieroel in Peek's '
grove and parsed n delightful il.iy socially
nnd In IntjrvliHVinj thu contents of their
luni'h hasUet-s.
The Lincoln Giants nnd the Huverlysof
Kansas City played a gooel KWIK > Of ( mil at the
parkin tliu forenoon. LofUH and McMuhou
oi-oupied the points for the Mlssouriani , nnd
Hooves and Taylor for Lincoln. The Kansas
City.H scored OHCO in the first Inning , and the
Lhu'ohis twico. From that Until the ninth
Inning it was a battle ) of the pitchers , Heoves
eloinp spleuilld work in fanning out the men
from the mouth ef Iho Kinv. Loftus did fooel
work also , the bases bdiitf twice filled , with
ono man out , when tlio pitcher found the
holes In the biits of tlio other two men. In tlio
ninth inning1 the lluvorlys by a combination
of bits and rank errors by tlio Lini-olninllehl
nine runs wore scoroel. lieews was relieved
of the bill nnel Custom ) linlshcd the game.
Taylor stored on n tliivo-baso hit anel an
error anel Iho agony ww over. Kansas City
10 , Lincoln JJ.
nn : noN'os iinrrsKn.
The mem hers ol Uic city council'aro as-
touiideel with the refusal e > f Kuano A Co. of
Chii'iigo tonccvpt the < > , < ) < ) ! > worth of paving
bonds of Lincoln bought for that llrm by their
njfcnt , N. A. Kuslgn. At lint the company
ratilloel the iie'tiem of the-ir ngont nnil sent on
a ccrtiik-d chevk forl , 00 : u part payment.
KiHviitly , however , they have refused to ac
cept the homii. It la hinted that there was
not Iho probability of thu company making
llio money out of tlio bonds that It at first an
ticipated nnel that the linn has hacked out on
that account. Tlioroiiiidliiicu here liavo held
a conference in regard to the mutter , but no
reason can bo aisi-yneil for the ai'tloii of
IContic & Co. extvpt th.it the company miiy
bo fearful that prohibition may pass in this
state the coming f.ill and the Ihiancos of Lin
coln will bo nllecUd livit , as were tbosu of
the cities of Iowa by a similar law.
TUB sucn > i's : itnoTinii. :
Mr. B , II. Dyer , tlio sewer inspector of this
city , was astounded today torcnu in Tun Ilnn
of the suicide of his brother at Ogelon. Mr.
Dyer spcalcs of the deceased as bright nnel In
dustrious , always full of how , and the last
person oneivoulel think would take bis own
lire on iiiixmiit of elespoiieloncy. Mr. Dyer is
deenly affected over the unfortunate ulTuir.
cur xr.ws AXI > NOTII. :
Tlio .five-year-old son of Mr. Nbllton , at
2Ji'iN ! : street , has disappeared , and his parents -
rents are in an agonlzud state of mind , fear-
ill } ? that some ncclctentlius befallen him. The
boy we > ro a light straw hat , light-colored
pants and shirt and was barefoot.
"While Mrs. .T. .T. Mowo was removing
grcaso spots from the pantaloons of her hus
band with n pan of gnsoliiio she placed the
vessel too close to the stove , and as a result
the fluid was limited by the heat nnil hhi/cel
up , setting the house on lire , Tlie lire depart
ment was callcel out , and by prompt action
managed to subdue the Ilaines before much
damage was done.
PEIMM3RM IK-r DROPS.
Chicago Tribune : There Is a silver lining
to every cloud. When you order iced tea at
a restaurant this summer there is some tea
mixed with the ice.
Wunsey's U'eoluy : "Wliero do you get
your cigars , Bromley { "
"Why elo you want to know thatl You've
always blackguarded thorn sol"
"I want to know because my wife objects
to tobacco smoke , r.ud I've ' got to smokosome
thing. "
lUnglmmton Leader ! Reduce Iho postage
to 1 cent and the American people will put hi
bigger licks.
Washington Star : A cash entry dropping
a nickel in the slot.
Ulilwaukco Journal : Pcoplo who wait for
what is offered generally have long spoils be
tween meals.
Now York Sim : "Your art Is not always
natural. "
' Thatis why ills so natural. Nature Is
not always artistic. "
Martha's Vineyard Herald : Tlio man of
many adjuctlros is liable to bo talcoii for the
composer of circus advertisements.
Itinfiliainptoii Hcpubllcan : The man who
runs alter aHiicken tldof may bo said to betaking
taking stops to in-over stolen property.
Chicago Herald : A coiuua enumerator at
IndianniwUs missed twelve persons inasiiih'lo
block. IIo has prob.ihly been a elcti'ctlvu.
Now York Sun , "Johnny , which Is worth
most , u penny or a cent ) "
"A penny , "
"Why. "
"Coa Its English. "
The youth who on the commencement stage
Doth sour on high , aliu-kl
The upt and downs of life will know
"When bo eloth In a year or so
Land Hut upon his hack.
Chicago Times.
Now York Weekly : "fs there nn earth
quake ! " uslicd the emperor of China us the
ground trembled bonu.ithhls . feet.
"No , " aaid thovir.icr : "Tho hummock season -
son is heginnln } ? In Awcrloa and tlio vibration
is only the effect of people falling out. "
I'UOIIIKITIO.V Oil HIGH IjlOICNSIQ.
The Great Debute ) at Hoatrluo .July r >
and 7 ,
Mr. S , S. Gr on , secretary of the Beatrice
Chnutatiejua'asscmbly , scnels TJIM BKI ; tlio
following for publication :
There will boa joint ilcb.ito on the ques
tion of "Prohibition vs. High License" uttho
Ilciitrico CliautuiKiuu assembly , beginning at
8 a. m. , July 5 , and ending the afternoon of
Ju'.y 7.
Samuel Dickie , chairman of the prohibition
national committee , anel Hov. Sam Small will
debate prohibition ,
Hon. Kdimrd Kascwntcr , editor of TIIK
Cii : : , and Jlon. John I' . Wobiter of Omuhu
will argue for high license ,
So AVaH David IIIII.
Mr. Cleveland didn't attend the unveiling
of the Hendricks monument. He was Hsu-
luff ,
When Unby wnr slclr , wo pare her Costorln ,
When she vui a Clill J , ilio cried ( or Ciutorla ,
When eho Ircnrno MUl , stii ) chiiiK to Caitorli ,
Whoa chu Lid Clill Jron , klio javo tlicui C'aatorla ,
TKK JF.IE&U.
A Munich carriage Is propelled by gftf.
Franco makes the world's quill toothpicks.
liiellunnpolls liatiiessninkorn will orgniilta.
Dover ( N. II. ) mule spinners Imvo orgna-
izcd.
izcd.New
New York has n German Stonecutters1
club.
ls"o\v \ York liouscsinlths Imvo n labor bu
reau ,
The Brooklyn roofers are winning eight
houra , /
Victoria ( B. 0. ) mason * will not work
Chlneso.
A worlihouso for the blind of Chicago Is
projected ,
Milwaukee furniture men nnd wooel-worlc-
crs tivcrngo $0.
Now York beer drivers are lined J. > for
worltluj ; overtime.
1'atcrson ( N , .1. ) silk ribbon weavers were
out 15 to ' , ' 0 per cunt ,
Hnltlmore , Clilea.co unel Krle patternmakers
got V ) cents n day wlviince.
A Ntiw Vork Dakcrs' union solel 7,500 union
labels lo bosses la ono week.
St. I'aul barbers want early closing and
paporhaiiors ( ? liavo organized.
Otvnt lirltalii's co-operative locletles have *
1,000,000 , members and u capital of f. ' > 0,000,000.
Huston rnllro'idurt will pmsocuto n com
pany for violating the weekly p.iyment luw.
A Brooklyn employer settled n strike by
payinif the & ! Ui ) owed the union by eight of
his men.
A movement Imi beca started to sre-nroa
portr.iit Imst of Snsun n. Anthony for the
world's fulr.
The Worklnpu'oini'n's Iniprovomenl Asso
ciation of ChiiMKO boa tils women luxuriously
for SJ.'JT. n week.
Alterutlons anel IinprovonumUt to e-ost CIS-
000 IITO pmpose-d at Melbourne spinning com
pany's mill , Cotton.
The fiitermitlonal shoeweirkors' ' union lias
' .M.OUO mcinbow , isyoinip , h.is raised \vap\s
wutfM ? : iH,000 ( ) n , year and gained other
pointt.
O. H. AViirrand of Walthourvillo , Oa. , 1m
a patent to manufacture ) ha intrfi-oin scrub
or .s'liiel ' p.ihnotto leaves. There nro
thoiisiiiiil < of acres of poor land covcivd by
the plant.
The olil SprliitflioM ( iluss. ) silk company's '
plant has boon Icau-il by Jl'irman , Se'hilolto
> t < Jo. of Now York. They will put inlet )
braid macliines anil employ -KM ) huneb.
Tholr goods have hitherto been' made in Ger
many ,
ThcGrcnr Kouk Island Itouto
will soil lloliotH lo all points on their
lino. Tuly ! Jd and 4th , Rood until and lu-
cluillnvr .fuly 7 th , at ono fare for the
round trip.
_ _
Itopatriletuti Stale ) Con volition.
Tlio republican cle-rtors of tlui state of No
hruska lire Toque-Hied ( o se > nil eli'le'Riitc1 ! from
thulrse > vi'ral ' reiimtlem tiunoot In con volition In
thes cltj ( if ljlncelnVi > eliu > selay. .lilly Zl , nts
ei'ulfiek p. in. , for llu > imrpeitu of iilacliiK In
noinliiatlon caneltdiilu.s fur tlio followlnj stiU :
olllces :
Governor.
T.K'iilciuiit ( Invcrnor ,
S ic rotary of Stall1.
Auditor of Vnblle Accounts.
Htat < ; Tre'iisiirur.
Altornvy Ge'iie-ral.
f I'ubllo f/auels nnd llulld *
of Public Instruction.
And tlio traiiMu-tloii of Hiich otliur
' > s may conic liofoio tliuuoiiventloii.
TIIH AI'I'OUTIONMKNT.
ThpsovcrutcoiiiitluH iiro ontltlrf to ropn1-
SMilitk ; > n as lOlhuvs , lcliij ) liUbfil nuon tliu
viitucustfor llein. ( ieorao II. IlnslliiCH , nri'sl-
eli-ntlal oie-ctcir In 1SSS. elvlngonoilpi | > ffato-nt-
i.'U'K'D to caeli ceiiinly , nnO ono for vueb I.V )
veitcs and tliu niiijoi' f rnutlon thurceif :
ItlH re'c.iiumoiiilcd tbat no jiroxlos bo nd-
mllled to tlio ciinvontloii. nniltlmttlio dolei-
Katct pn'suntho nutliiirUed to CIISL thu full
vote of tliu delegation.
Ii , U. Iliciuiius , Cbalnaau.
AYAi'TM. SKKMY Socre'taiy ,
Positlv Jy cured by
( hose J.ittle ; Vills ,
They also rollcvo Iti- )
tress from DyHpepsIn , In-
iIltje-Htton and Too Hunilj f ;
IVER rating , A perfect rein-1 *
celyforDlzzlncss , Kuusea ,
PJILS , Dra vsluess , Ilael Tiihtc
In tlio J.Ioutli , Coate'd
Tiingiic , Pain in thoHldo ,
TOUl'JI ) UVKU. They
rogtiluto the Bowels. 1'urely Vegetable.
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